netdev - Re: [PATCH net] net: e1000e: Recover at least in-memory copy of NVM checksum

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Message-ID: <20220131164105.GA29636@alpha.franken.de>
Date:   Mon, 31 Jan 2022 17:41:05 +0100
From:   Thomas Bogendoerfer <tsbogend@...ha.franken.de>
To:     "Neftin, Sasha" <sasha.neftin@...el.com>
Cc:     Jesse Brandeburg <jesse.brandeburg@...el.com>,
        Tony Nguyen <anthony.l.nguyen@...el.com>,
        "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>,
        intel-wired-lan@...ts.osuosl.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        "Fuxbrumer, Devora" <devora.fuxbrumer@...el.com>,
        "Ruinskiy, Dima" <dima.ruinskiy@...el.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net] net: e1000e: Recover at least in-memory copy of NVM
 checksum

On Mon, Jan 31, 2022 at 12:51:07PM +0200, Neftin, Sasha wrote:
> Hello Thomas,
> For security reasons starting from the TGL platform SPI controller will be
> locked for SW access. I've double-checked with our HW architect, not from
> SPT, from TGP. So, first, we can change the mac type e1000_pch_cnp to
> e1000_pch_tgp (as fix for initial patch)

ok, that would fix the mentioned bug. Are you sending a patch for that ?

> Do we want (second) to allow HW initialization with the "wrong" NVM
> checksum? It could cause unexpected (HW) behavior in the future. Even if you
> will "recover" check in shadow RAM - there is no guarantee that NVM is good.

sure. Out of curiosity why is the NVM fixup there in the first place ?

Thomas.

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